Sentences with phrase «in livestock operations»

The overuse of antibiotics in livestock operations can lead to antibiotic - resistant bacteria, threatening both human and animal health.

Examples of mechanisms and patterns, summarized below, help explain why there is such variability, and also reveal the avenues for building resilience in livestock operations to help mitigate animal stress.

The institute's own data testify to the magnitude of antibiotic use in livestock operations, however.

The billionaire Mr Harvey is not the only one enthusiastic about agriculture's future with billionaires such as Gina Rinehart, Brett Blundy and Andrew Forrest all investing in livestock operations around Australia.

Not exact matches

The company has since introduced an animal welfare policy across its global operations — a move that Saputo says he hopes will enable them to assume a «leadership role» in more humane treatment of livestock.)

In an effort to improve his farming operation, he diligently experimented with new crops, fertilizers, crop rotation, tools, and livestock breeding.

Additionally, there is a decrease in the number of livestock operations.

(a) The Administrator shall accredit a qualified domestic or foreign applicant in the areas of crops, livestock, wild crops, or handling or any combination thereof to certify a domestic or foreign production or handling operation as a certified operation.

More than 500 organic operations, from organic fruit and vegetable growers, grains and oilseed farmers, livestock and poultry producers, dairy farmers, organic processors, and food makers across 45 states, participated in a comprehensive farm bill survey conducted by the Organic Trade Association.

«We work hard every day to improve our operations, increase our efficiencies, responsibly source livestock and poultry and partner with our customers and the industry to meet this challenge in a responsible, sustainable manner,» he adds.

«This commitment is at the heart of our operations and our supply chain management, and is evident in every aspect of our business, from raw material procurement — including livestock and produce — to our restaurant food preparation and delivery.

«Many livestock operations in Queensland also hold certification for export markets such as the United State's NOP.

The Department declined to comment on Labor's criticism while the Australian Livestock Exporters» Council (ALEC) said on Twitter improvements to its operations were being trialled while the facility remained closed, ahead of an audit in the coming days.

The Department declined to comment on Labor's criticism while the Australian Livestock Exporters» Council said on Twitter improvements to its operations were being trialled while the facility remained closed, ahead of an audit in the coming days.

The exporter immediately notified the importer who closed down the slaughter operation for Australian sheep and the offending livestock attendants in the video were identified, removed from the job site and reprimanded.

COHRAL (TM) technology — which is applicable to both livestock and cropping operations — uses concentrated anaerobic bacteria to digest 70 per cent of the organic matter (COD, or Chemical Oxygen demand) in Oakey Abattoir's waste water to produce effluent of far high quality than typical open lagoons.

Livestock welfare practices at our feeding operation include shaded pens as well as an automated sprinkler system that reduces dust and helps cool cattle during warm summer months — all in an effort to reduce stress and enhance cattle well - being.

In general, it is easier to convert dairy farms profitably than intensive livestock operations.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

The operation happened just as soldiers in the North West prosecuting the battle against cattle rustling, banditry and criminality under operation Sharan Daji, recovered a total of 1, 304 livestock and arrested 15 Cattle rustlers.

«Farm operation» means the land and on - farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a «commercial horse boarding operation» as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a «timber operation» as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, «compost, mulch or other biomass crops» as defined in subdivision sixteen of this section and «commercial equine operation» as defined by subdivision seventeen of this section.

Specifically, they have found unnaturally high levels of antibiotic resistance genes in sediments where the river comes into contact with treated municipal wastewater effluent and farm irrigation runoff as it flows 126 miles from Rocky Mountain National Park through Fort Collins and across Colorado's eastern plain, home to some of the country's most densely packed livestock operations.

The major culprits are the nitrous oxide that comes from the manure created by large livestock operations, and the methane emitted in cow burps and farts.

They show pastured cows in the movie after this statement, not livestock in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) which is more likely to be what they are referring to.

Not only are antibiotics overused in medicine, the vast majority of these drugs enter you via livestock — you consume antibiotics every time you eat meat from an animal raised in a confined animal feeding operation (CAFO).

30 - 40 years ago people working heavy duty jobs like building constructions, agricultural works, livestock operations for 7/365 days, 12 or 14 hours per day carrying heavy weight loads or working in the sun, and finally during the brake they ate little bread, onions, tomatoes and a few olives, or a cup of soup and that's it for the day.

At the very least, most people are consuming far too much poor - quality protein, such as beef and animal products from livestock raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

Accordingly, the Guggenheims began to develop large mining operations in Northern Mexico, Harrimans built railroads, Morgans, Hearsts, and Whitneys developed enormous livestock ranches, and so on, employing thousands of Mexican citizens until, inevitably, the revolution moved northward.

However, barn, silos, livestock facilities or greenhouses no longer in use for a commercial operation, used for storage, and outbuildings such as storage sheds are permitted if they are not used primarily for income producing agricultural, farming or commercial enterprise

Borrower must establish an expected shortfall in the amount of feed needed to sustain existing breeding livestock and backgrounding livestock operation levels to be eligible.

Ag PACE provides interest buydown on loans to farmers who invest in nontraditional agriculture activities that supplement farm income such as purchase of equipment and facilities, equity shares of an ag - processing business, irrigation equipment, capital improvements to a livestock feedlot, dairy operation or subsurface field tiling projects.

Beef cow - calf herds are the most common livestock operation in Western Canada.

We believe having the diagnostics at the area of point of care, whether that's in clinic or in operation in the livestock setting that can help identify the pathogen, the disease or manifestation that allows a veterinarian to tailor the right treatment for the right pathogen at the right time is clearly a complementary extension to our core business in biologicals and pharmaceuticals.

We soon realized, however, that despite the deplorable conditions in puppy mills and periodic exposés (even Oprah did one), legislators at the state and federal level were reluctant to pass meaningful legislation to improve the conditions of commercial breeding operations because puppy mills fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and their state equivalents, and dogs in puppy mills are considered to be livestock, and animal welfare of any stripe is a much harder sell in those circles than it should be, sadly.

With more than 9,000 employees, the business markets its products in more than 120 countries with operations in developed and emerging markets and provides comprehensive animal health solutions to veterinarians and the livestock farmers and companion animal owners they support.

CAFOs are industrial - sized livestock operations in which hundreds or even thousands of farm animals are typically confined in extremely cramped quarters 24/7; the animals never see the light of day or receive more than a minimal amount of care, and they are frequently subjected to abusive practices.

As quoted in the Winona Post (12/20/15) and credited to statements made by the MN Board of Animal Health: «The MN Board of Animal Health regulates the treatment and health of livestock and explained that under state law dog kennels are treated similary to livestock operations.»

The United States has trimmed excess fertilizer use since a peak in the 1990's, the scientists write, but runoff and releases from livestock operations still create big water problems, most notably the Gulf of Mexico «dead zone» resulting from nutrients washing from fields and livestock around the Mississippi River watershed.

Related In case you missed it, Jedediah Purdy, a Duke law professor and writer, proposed that slaughterhouses and industrial - scale livestock feeding operations should stream video of their operations to obviate the need for secretive filming operations by animal welfare campaigners or journalists.

«Ranchers in the Dakotas and Montana are looking for ways to keep their livestock operations viable,» said Steve Adair, director of DU's Great Plains Region.

Most food in the US is now produced on large - scale industrial crop and livestock operations.

The cost of disposal for the livestock operation and the value of manure in crop production become significant in the economic assessment of this problem.

The increased specialization of farming operations resulting in more large livestock enterprises and fewer mixed farming operations creates a break in the link between livestock and crop production.

In 2014, the California Senate mandated that the state's Air Resources Board (ARB) come up with a plan to regulate methane from livestock operations.

Despite strong opposition from farmers, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation in September that for the first time regulates heat - trapping gases from livestock operations and landfills.

In the nation's largest milk - producing state, the new law aims to reduce methane emissions from dairies and livestock operations to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030, McCarthy said.

But livestock manure also produces methane as it decomposes in closed - air containers known as lagoons, which factory farming operations often use to store the massive amounts of manure produced by their farms.

This higher concentration of CAFO animals leads to a higher concentration of animal waste, a problem that holds true for all types of livestock raised in these operations.

Yet another hazard involving commercial agricultural operations can occur when people driving in rural parts of Illinois encounter livestock in the road, representing yet another hazard of back road driving and increased volume of cars in Illinois farm country.

For equipment, livestock and other personal property used in your operation, your insurance policy will define your coverage based on which Causes of Loss apply.